Spiegelfleck-Dickkopfffalter
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Spiegelfleck-Dickkopfffalter ( Heteropterus morpheus ) |
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The Spiegelfleck-Dickkopffalter ( Heteropterus morpheus ) is a butterfly ( Tagfalter ) from the family of the Dickkopffalter (Hesperiidae). The specific epithet is derived from Morpheus , the god of dreams from Greek mythology .
features
The moths reach a wingspan of 28 to 31 millimeters. The upper sides of the wings are colored dark brown, on the front edge of the fore wing there are a few yellow spots. The hind wing underside is yellow and is characterized by a characteristic pattern of oval, black-edged, brightly shiny spots, which gave the species its name.
distribution
The mirror-spotted thick-headed butterfly is widespread in northern Spain ( Oviedo to San Sebastian ), in France ( Pyrenees , Atlantic coast, Nièvre department , Brittany , Somme department ). The species can be found very locally in the south of Belgium and in the north of the Netherlands . In England it only appears on the island of New Jersey . Further distribution areas are Denmark ( Lolland and Falster ), Sweden ( Skåne ), Italy ( Latium , Piedmont , Dolomites , Trieste ), Germany (locally in northwest Germany, northeast Germany), Lithuania , Latvia , Czech Republic , Austria , northern Balkans , Bulgaria ( Primorsko ) and the European part of Turkey .
In the vertical distribution, the species can be found up to a height of 1,000 meters.
Habitat
Oat and pipe grass meadows, reed beds, border locations, forest meadows, forest clearings.
behavior
The flight behavior of the moths is very noticeable, as they slowly fly in wavy lines with just a few wing beats and clearly show the reflective undersides of the hind wings. The flight pattern has a hopping effect, which is why the species is sometimes also referred to as "hopping".
Way of life
The females lay the eggs on the stalks of the caterpillars. The caterpillar forage plants include:
- Marsh saddle-grass ( Calamagrostis canescens )
- Forest Zwenke ( Brachypodium sylvaticum )
- Blue pipegrass ( Molinia caerulea )
- Reed ( Phragmites australis )
The caterpillars build a tunnel out of a leaf of grass and feed in it; the half-adult caterpillars also overwinter there.
Flight times
The species forms one generation per year that flies from late June to July.
swell
Individual evidence
- ^ Arnold Spuler: The butterflies of Europe . tape 1 . E. Schweitzerbartsche Verlagbuchhandlung, Stuttgart 1908, p. 70 .
- ↑ Tom Tolman, Richard Lewington: The butterflies of Europe and Northwest Africa , Franckh-Kosmos Verlags-GmbH & Co, Stuttgart 1998, ISBN 3-440-07573-7
- ↑ Hans-Josef Weidemann: Butterfly: observe, determine , Naturbuch-Verlag Augsburg 1995, ISBN 3-894-40115-X
literature
- Hans-Josef Weidemann: Butterfly: observe, determine , Naturbuch-Verlag Augsburg 1995, ISBN 3-894-40115-X
- Manfred Koch , Wolfgang Heinicke: We identify butterflies. 3. Edition. Neumann, Radebeul 1991, ISBN 3-7402-0092-8 .
Web links
- www.lepiforum.de
- www.schmetterling-raupe.de
- Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa (English)
- Markku Savela: Lepidoptera and some other life forms (English)
- Heteropterus morpheus in Fauna Europaea